#320 Fantasy & Love Addiction - Maia Akiva

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2017

⏱️ 153 minutes

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Paul's fellow support group friend shares about the huge role fantasy has played in her struggle to accept life; especially her love addiction. She talks about being unable to watch lesbian films in moderation (she is a lesbian) and how the CPTSD from her physical (and emotional) trauma at birth and being raised in an emotionally stifled home (where success was the only thing that mattered) have made intimacy and trust difficult especially with her struggles with low self-esteem. Inspired to help others as she has healed Maia now facilitates workshops and speaks publicly to help others who are also struggling. Check out Maia's website http://www.maiaakiva.com/ Maia's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maiaakiva/ Maia's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maiaakiva2 Maia's Twitter https://twitter.com/maiaakiva This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. To get your 1st week of online counseling free go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must 18 or over. This episode is sponsored by Blue Apron. To see this week's menu or to get your first 3 meals free (with free delivery) go to www.BlueApron.com/mental This episode is sponsored by Young Health's probiotic Probimune To get your first bottle of Probimune free (plus $6.75 shipping) go to www.Probimune.com and use offer code MENTAL at checkout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Episode 320 with my guest, Maya Akiva.
0:06.5	Today's episode is sponsored by Probimmune.
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0:41.0	Just go to probimun.com and use the promo code mental at checkout.
0:49.0	I am Paul Gilmart and this is the metal health.
0:52.8	Metal illness happy hour.
0:54.9	Sometimes people call it the metal health happy hour and makes me shake my fist at the
1:00.6	sky.
1:01.9	And so I just, right now, just made me shake my own fist at the sky, at myself.
1:09.4	I'm very confused.
1:13.2	This shows called the metal illness happy hour.
1:15.3	It's a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads for medically diagnosed conditions,
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